Luke 2:42
And when he had become twelve years old, they ascended to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast day.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
In Context
41And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the time of the solemnity of Passover.
Cross References
Exodus 23:17Three times a year, all your males shall appear before the Lord your God.
John 4:45And so, when he had arrived in Galilee, the Galileans received him, because they had seen all that he had done at Jerusalem, in the day of the feast. For they also went to the feast day.
Matthew Henry on Luke 2:42-52
Christ Sitting with the Doctors. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not,… Read the whole commentary →